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BRITISH INSTITUTION PALL-MALL. The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS IS OPEN DAILY from Ten in the Morning till Five in the Evening. Admission, Is.—Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. _: ,.,:1 '• ~.,..,„...,.., . - c . ~-,, ( - • 6 . , ~, icc ., , --_„ . .-,- .. ...,,,. ..4:....,,.; •/ -• ~ ,` ' ''43lt._ ''. o ''''' CS ere. " I ri:i`e' \- 47 - - '' ' ''.-'i j r_-•,:., • iTifri 1 4 ' ' N ''' - 47 '* * *Ati•- , —, 1 ; ' ' ,7 - : _. I Z. - ' '''. '' ' :::. ''''''': Is `P , &' — 'l .. 11.11111111 t ;4 , 411C .\ ''''',.. -:,,,,,- , - • 4 • - ~-Tr221,, , \Vi ~- / .' . _ 407 ,, (1.. :;---- r -, . . „, ~„.. 0-,,..'..k 1 .-(7 - . - .e. ' 4.• , 4 4, . V'ii r' ~/ , , 0 , 4, " r tt "' ''' '-'----. 1' ' ' ..,./ *.r., -, ''. 1, 1,111, 'en , , -fk IA ~,,.....,‘ , nt,-.. ,:' 4 _,l 7 , 1% ~..... .„ . .. 7; ~.____ • ..= - 1, - :.,,;,,c‘'. P0g,, , ,, , , D - 1 - v , - ~ , , , , , ,, ,,Amook ..,-tee/tit az ogt‘ ,p),„ ,y, i l'„? . ?0 I T ;,,,, ~,I v). -' /G(.'c ,. ' : ... ,_ . nr ,-, duetry into the pockets of the 'andlord. •asping and 'a varicious ~. The principle which those landlords and their agents act on is this—that their exactions are increased in proportion to the extra means of the poor landholder,—even the appearance of comfort is the signal for extortion. But let it be recollected I do not deny that there are good landlords dispersed through out Ireland—that there are estates from which the small holders are never evicted, but put in a condition to utaiht:.in themselves in comfort by the fruits of their industry. My ob ject is, that such landlords should not be unjustly taxed, to remedy the evils which ethers create. I say, then, produce this responsibility by taxation (or even by the dread of the liability to taxation) affecting the dual estates, and the landlords (such as I have described) from being the tyrants, will be converted into the effective Guardians of the Poor. You will make them so, by produc ing a community of interests. This principle is the sheet anchor on which we should depend ; but I do not say that it ought not to be assisted by public works and enactments, such as those proposed by Mr. Lynch, by which facilities of employ ment would be afforded, and landlords possessed of entailed estates empowered to raise money for improvements subject to the original trust. Besides, also, power should be given to Guardians and Overseers of the Poor, to restrain the building of cottages under certain conditions and limitations. These and many other provisions would be necessary to give effect to the beneficial operation of a Poor-law. 'The important subject of the rating clause, I find it neces sary to reserve for a separate head. WILLIAM SHARMAN CRAWFORD. Crawfordsburn, Feb. 6, 1838. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COM PANY 1 , 611 be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, in Lon don, at the Company's Office, Prixees-street, on TUESDAY, the 27th February, at Twelve o'clock, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS, in the place of the same number who will retire by Ballot, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. W. U. SIMS, Chairman. ROBERT BRIGHT, Deputy Chairman. The Directors retiring by Ballot are re-eligible under the provi. sinus of the Act. The Transfer Books will be closed on Saturday, the 17th instant, and will not be opened until after the said Half yearly General Meeting on the said 27th February. + WITH 11TH TED No. 14,169. LONDON., FRIDAY EVENING, FEI3RITARY 9, 1838 PRICE sd. - TO CAPITALISTS, IRON-FOUNDERS, AND ENGI NEERS. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA MENT.-(THIS DAY.) ROLLS' COURT.:7(THIS DAY.) IRISH POOR LAW. TO THE FRIENDS OF REAL JUSTICE TO IMPORTANT DECISION TO RAILWAYS, SUB-COMMIPTFE ON PETITIONS FOR BILLS, NO, 1, The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Mr. Shaw Lefevre in the Chair. THIRD PART. HULL STEAMERS. T HE HUMBER UNION STEAM COM PANY'S splendid and powerful Steam Ship VIVID will leave St. Katharine's Dock Steam Wharf on SATURMIT morning at Eight o'Clock precisely, and the WATER WITCH every WED NESDAY at the same hour. FARES.—Saloon, including bed, 15s. ; Saloon only, 10s. Fore Cabin 4s. Further information may be obtained of Mr. Abell, Company's Office, 41, Fish-street, Hill ; Mr. Underwood, 56, Haymarket, and of Mr. .1. Clippingdale, St. Katharine's Steam Wharf . . Feb. 8, 1838. IRELAND. I have shewn under my first head the causes to which the great mass of poverty in Ireland is attributable—namely, the state of the relationship of Landlord and Tenant. Under my second head I have shewn the total inefficacy of the pro posed Poor Law Bill for good, and its efficacy in producing evil. I shall now proceed to the third head, under which I hope to chew the principles on which this Bill might be amended. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. , CORM-III:I:, LONDON, 36, WESTMORELAND STREET, DrIBLIN ; 45, SOUTH CASTLE -STREET, LIVERPOOL ; And 28, CORN-STREET, BRISTOL. Capital.. 500,0001. PATROX.—His Graee the DUKE of SOMERSET, F.R.S. DIRECTORS. T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Barges, Comae; K.C. George Lungley, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D. F. R. S. Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq. C. Farebrother, Esq., Ald. John Rawson Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Robert Hoßond, Esq., M. P• 1 3 1,WSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R. S. SURGEON-E. S. Symes, Esq. ACTWARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance in this Society, amongst other advantages the assured in this Society will enjoy the follow ing 1. 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The character of woman Is a 'en in very striking lights, and is pourtrayed by one who well uncle rstands what it is, and what it might become."—Court Journal. :Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., it OYS T O N GOW E R; or, THE DAYS OF KING JOHN. By THOMAS MILLER, Author of " A Day in the Woods," &c. " One of the best works in the Scott school that we have read." -Athenzeum. " This extraordinary work gives a vivid picture of a memorable Pei iod, and must place the author's name very high in the hit of Wri tern in this dais of literature."—Literary Gazette. ` Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO AGRICULTURISTS. Price Is. LETTER to EARL SPENCER on tne FORMATION of a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL By HENRY HANDLEY, Esq., M.P. James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly. Also, I. Vie NATURE and PROPERTY of SAILS, and th tiest Tneanv of Imereasing their Productiveness. By JOHN 40 11'.1'0N, Esq : ss. 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ItItONSIEUR MALLAN, AND SON, SURGEON DENTIST, No. 9, HALF MOON .-t '11E1(7, PICCADILLY, and •.S4, REGENT-STREET, opposite Ha nSA 'er-street, continue to RES FORE DECAYED TEETH with their NERAL SUCCEDANMUM, without pain, heat, or pressure, (of ._lll, kith they are the sole inventors and poss essors ) an d t o FASTEN LOO S E r.TH whether arising from DISEASE OF THE GUMS, or any other Nal se Icorrodible, Artificial, and Natural Teeth placed WITHOUT WIRES Cr. LIGATURES, from one to a whole set, and may be matched in slat PE or COLOR. Guaranteed for Mastication and Articulation. Cha .*ges moderate. 9, Half Mook-street, Piccadilly, and 234, Regent s' ret t, opposite Hanover-street. FOR THE HAIR. ,oNsaylL Cy admired and l A ed SS d R to be t O he l b L est a is nd i c l li n e i a v p e e r s; _Article thr nourishing the HAIR; presents it from falling off or turning Z p eY, and changes grey hair to its original colour. It produces and re m!" 'air—even at a late period of life, frees it from glossy;Scurf and renders it v roost ' harsh and dry hair as soft as sills, curly, and preserves tHe l!! tl and other decorative formation—unimpaired by the sum i 8 hea t, violent exercise, or the relaxing tendencies of the ball room. 't hair. tren it is invaluable, as it lays a foundation for a beautiful head Ii eA UTIO,NT.—Ask for it Rowland's Macassar Oil," and observe their ,„,_ and A, idress, in Red, on the wrapper, thus, A. ROWLAND and EON, 20, Hatton garden, The Counter-signed ALEX. ROWLAND. bottllnwe4 p,*ice is 3s. 1341. ; the next is price is.; 10s. 6d. and 21s. per 8 1gr ia rtors eaJI their trash the !Genuine) and omit the and" in the sola ure, n it for sale under the lure of being cheap. kedi ei b „Y the Proprietors as above, and by all respectable Perfumers and vondm .rrt AIVIP TO N'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price ls. 1 1 / 2 d. ox. ' , cti n '„ ex cellent family PILL is a Medicin per b e of long tried efficacy for con. 'nfm,h;,all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common symptoms `e,n are Costiveness Fhtulenc Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Head. kko-,!,9iddiness, Sense ' of ' Fullnes y s ' after Meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels. Indigestion, producing State of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, Y.tekikinl4 d isorganization of every function of the trame, will, in this most %two throearation, by a little perseverance, be effectually remo:iFd. doses will convince the afflicted of , its salutary effects. .1 he ZnX•,I 4 "tI.I speedily regain its strength • a healthy action of the liver, kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness, ralti7ns end jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed :Not i . WL l•be the quick result of taking this Medicine, according to the di. at table Inpinying each box ; and if takerfafter too free an indulgence rer„ )lr % , :•n!.v quickly restore the system to ifs natural state of rk . pose. ot •a PULL HABIT, who are subject to Headache, Giddines., t he 11Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood nit ) , _end, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms I:2o4llArely carried off by their immediate use. W tr netio 4M ALES, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all ns : the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the sex ; " or spirits, Dullness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Ito th l e and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juven ilebtoom ( p i n idexion. ilt4nril4ea''ant, safe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recornrr endation ~.oPeration with the most successful effect, and require no re. hpL,!, diet or confin it during their use ; and far ELDERLY V. Zt i ,, ,l f e " o , , t h r e ed v :‘ , 7 ill be fou e n m d e t i o be the most comfortable Medicine hi. b. 4„ Prout, 2 0 , Strand London, Price ls. DO and 2s. Pd. per i• o "' by the veliders of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. 1 4, 4(10 t r , F AI 4 PTON'S PIL of HEALTLoH, and observe the Name iitsi . " 3 ' R of " I Thoma s Prout L ,l229, Strand,ndon," on the Govern. rip 45, HOLBORN-HILL. TO UPHOLSTERERS, TAVERN-KEEPERS, FAMILIES FURNISHING, CARPET-BAG MAKERS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS. MR. S. COTTLE will SELL by AUCTION, at his Rooms, 45, Holborn-bill, on THURSDAY Next, February 15, at Twelve, by Order of Trustees of an Insolvent Debtor, removed from the West End. ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED YARDS of BRUS SELS, KIDDERMINSTER, and VENETIAN CARPETING, 260 Hearths Rugs, 30 Pieces of Damask, Noreen, and Worsted Stripes, Larn Foreign Carpets and Rugs, 100 Cotton Table Covers, 50 Sets of Table Mats, ‘)0 Dozen D'Oyleys, 300 Yards of Patent Oil Cloth, Table Covering, Cotton Ticks, Dimities, Printed Furniture, Counterpanes, Blankets, Druggets, Bell Pulls, Fringes, &c. May be viewed on Wednesday and Morning of Sale; and Cata logues had at the Rooms. AN EXTENSIVE IRON FOUNDRY and ENGINEERING BUSINESS to be DISPOSED OF, either as a whole or in part, Established upwards of Thirty Years, situated on eligible premises, in the port of Plymouth, having a Steam Engine thereon, and now in full business. This concern has for many years enjoyed the Work for the Go vernment Establishment in this and the other Ports. possesses the License for manufacturing the Patent Pumps and Fire Engines now used in her Majesty's Navy. Steam Engine Work,•Mining Machinery, and Engineering in general, have been carried on by the Proprietor on an extensive scale, whose chief object is to obtain a respectable Partner, whereby his attention may be more exclusively devoted to the Manufactory. To a person of business habits, and possessing a moderate Capital, this concern would be found highly advantageous, and might be very considerably increased. The most satisfactory particulars will be afforded ; and to treat for the same, reference is to be made to Mr. Henry J. Paddon (letters postage paid), 47, Park-street. Plymouth, January, 1838. SALES BY AUCTION. EXTENSIVE WARDROBE OF BEAUTIFUL FOREIGN TABLE AND BED LINEN, AND VALUABLE PER SONAL EFFECTS OF A PROFESSIONAL GENTLE MAN, LATELY DECEASED. Mil. S. COTTLE will SELL by AUCTION, at his Rooms, 45, Holborn-hill, on TUESDAY Next, February 13, at Twelve. An Extensive WARDROBE of FOREIGN TABLE and BED LINEN, comprising 40 pairs of Holland and Russia Sheets, pillow cases, Silesian and Dutch Damask Table Cloths,CostlyDamask Table Napkins to correspond, Breakfast and Lunch Cloths, Tea and Table Napkins, Chamber Towels, D'O'leys, Quilts, Palampores, and other useful linen, the whole in excellent condition. The per sonal effects comprise a Double Gun by Nock, Set of Chessmen, Gold Watch Jewelled in Eight Holes, a few lets of Plate, an Indian Card Box, Silver Mounted Dressing Case, Indian China Plates, Camel Hair Shawl, a splendid Copy of " Peintures de Vases An tique," bound in Morocco, a set of Hogarth's Engravings. French China, Silver-mounted Flute, Carved Venus, Violist, Mathematical Instruments, and Miscellaneous Effects. May be viewed on Monday and Morning of Sale, and Catalogues had at the Rooms. MR. S. COTTLE is instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at his Rooms, 45, Holborn-hill, opposite Hat ton-garden, on FRIDAY, Feb. 16, at Twelve, by order of the Pro prietors, under a deed of dissolution, The Genuine STOCK of a Cabinet-maker, Upholsterer, aid Looking-glass Manufacturer, comprising rosewood drawing room suite, covered in silk damask, sets of dining tables, chairs, sofas, couches, sideboards, cheffoneer, secretaire, and wardrobes ; marble top wash-hand stands, chests of drawers, bedsteads, new bedding, and chamber furniture ; thirty chimney, cheval, and dressing glasses of various dimensions, 6 1 ,4-octave cabinet piano -forte, three rich cut glass chandeliers, lamps, four large screens, library chairs, office clocks, fifty ladies' and gentlemen's rosewood desks and dres sing cases, tea caddies, work boxes, liquor cases, medicine chests, and numerous items of a cabinet-maker and upholsterer. "May be viewed on Wednesday and Morning of Sale, and Cata logues had at the rooms. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are small arrivals reported this week. The thaw continues and the river is nearly cleared of ice, so that business in this market is expected to be fully resumed on Monday. To-day very few transactions have taken place, and prices remain unsettled. There is little doing in the Flour trade. The average price of Wheat as made up for this week to this day at noon at Mark-lane, was 56a. 10d. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish — I 6,700 Foreign 1 --• SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. Avery small market to.day, and but very few buyers present; prices generally remain much as they were last Monday. The trade in killed Meat being worse, prevented any rise in prices. Calves were much wanted and made high prices. PRICKS PER STONE OF ISLE. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Second quality ditto...— 2 6 3 0 Prime large Oxen 3 Y 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 4 3 5 4 Prime small ditto 5 6 6 6 Suckling Calves each; c 35 s. d. to s. d. Inferiar Sheep 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 6 Coarsp-woolle,l ditto Southdown Wailers Large Hogs 3 2 4 8 Small Porkers 419 5 9 Quarter old Pig leach; 12 is 'A SUPPLY AT 'MARKET. Feasts. I Sheep 1 Calves. I pi 2 p 310 2,•..'68 120 610 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. a " s d. to. d. Beef, inferior 2lO 3 0 Mutton, inferior 'l 4 3 6 - middling . ... 3 2 3 4 - middling ..... ... 3 8 310 --- prime large. - prime 3lO 4 0 - prime small 3 t 1 310 iPork, large '3 2 4 4 Veal -small 4 8 5 4 BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Fish of all kinds today in very abundant supply, and prices gene rally very reasonable. Trade good. Soles, 6d. to 3s. per pair; Cod, Is., Is. 6d., to Bs., 95., and 19.5.; Lobsters, 9d. to 3s, each. Turbot, Ss. to 20s. ; and other kinds in proportion. HOP MARKET. There was a steady business done today in Hops, at previous prices PROVISION MARKET. The transactions in this market continue but slender. The stocks in first hands are not large, neither are they large in seconds; prices just the same as last quoted. This is one of the principal days of the week for this market. TALLOW AND OIL MARKET. P. Y. C. is dull to-day again, at 495. All descriptions of both Fis and Seed Oils continue in the same languid state, and at the same prices as last quoted. COLONIAL MARKETS. The weather consinuing mild, the disposition to purchase increasingly shows itself, and leads to a little more business, which is chiefly of a public kind. To.day there were but few sales of East or West India produce in Mincing-lane; still, for the whole week, we should say, that all things considered, there has been a fair business done. British Plantation Sugar sold steadily to-day, at much the previous prices of the week, and very firm. A public sale of 132 hhds. of Barbadoes was selling at firm prices when we left, and, where altered, we should say looking up ; prices 635. 6d. to 675. 6d. according to quality. No thing fresh in Refined Sugar to-day, and it is dull; 900 bags Bengal Sugar, white, at public sale fetched fully previous prices, of 655. to 675. 6d. This commodity may be regarded as looking up. No public sales of any other kind of Sugar ; and but two small ones of Coffee, one Ceylon and the other B. P., both of which sold at prices looking up; wherever Coffee alters in value now it advances. Spices—Three small public sales, one of Pepper, one of Nutmeg, and the other of Ginger, East India ; the latter was rather large : when we left these commo dities were selling with spirit at fully former rates. The dis position is to advance. Saltpetre was again in the market to the extent of nearly 2,000 bags, but did not go with much spirit, When we left former rates were barely supported. These were all the public sales. Tea sells rather briskly at fully former prices. In Rum no thing doing, owing to short stocks. Indigo secures but little business, yet it is firm. No public sales of Cocoa—but more private business doing at former prices. Canadian produce remains just as last re ported, except that in Turpentine there is more doing and prices we should say are Is. to 2s. per cwt. higher than they were this day week. The Imports are increasing but that very slowly, and are still slender. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEE. 8 American Cotton is still pressed on the market, which gives a slight advantage to purchasers ; but, on the whole, our last quotations may be reported as unvaried. Spinners who, on account of the late frost, had reduced their stocks, were again buying this day, and the result was a tolerable amount of business, and chiefly with them—theentire sales are 3,000 bales. 350 Bahia, Si ; 150 Egyptian, 9t012 ; 100 Surat, 4i to 6 ; 2,400 American, 6} to Si, Total, 3,000. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. This was a Petition for a Bill to' extend the time 'for making this railway, for two years beyond next July when the Act already obtained expires. It was opposed on various groynds, one of them being of very great importance, as being likely to affect many Railways, and produce incalculable injury to many Railway Companies. It was objected, first, that the notices in the newspapers were not sufficient. The agents being heard on both sides, the room was cleaned, and the Committee decided against the petitioners for the Bill. It was then admitted that there would be a deviation of more than a mile—another point. The next and most important point taken was, that the new Standing Order, No. 4, had not been complied with, inasmuch as notices had riot been served upon the owners and occupiers of land. On the part of the objectors it was urged that changes had taken place in the ownership and occupancy of property, since the notices for the existing Act had been served upon such owners and occupiers, and they were not bound to see the notices which had been inserted in the newspapers ; that little progress had, in fact, been made with this Railway, and that one of the objects of the new Standing Or_ ders was to prevent speculators holding up a compulsory power for taking lands from year to year to year, and never acting upon it. To this reasoning it was insisted by the Agent for the Bill, that no personal notices were necessary, as this was not a Bill to enter upon any new heads, but only to extend the time already granted. That if it were decided that personal notices were necessary, it would arrest the progress of many railways and produce irreparable mischief that formerly no.per ional notices were necessary, and Lord Shaftesbury in the Lords had limited the making of railways to two years, but latterly, finding that it was im possible to complete many of them in that limited period, his Lordship had extended the time to three years. In this instance the notice had, been the most full and complete that could be given, and much more than was usual or required. A powerful appeal was madeto the Committee not to permit the wide-spreading evil of this objection to arise from a mere point of new practice. The Committee cleared the room, and after a short deliberation de_ tided that personal notices were necessary, and will so report to the Committee on Standing Orders. _ TORQUAY ROADS BILL. (LEFT SITTING). ROXBURGH ELECTION COMMIT TEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met at eleven o'clock. The examination of John Oliver, whose evidence had not been con cluded when the Committee adjourned yesterday, was then proceeded with. After detailing the particulars of the riot at the Tower Inn, the witness stated that the Sheriff threatened to close the poll in conse quence of the disturbance. A person of the name of Wilson, who was in the interest of Mr. Eliot, reasoned with him on the subject, and asked him had he never heard before of persons' clothes being torn at an election. A list of names was brought into the Sheriff from the Tower Inn. He read the first name on the list. ➢lr. MESSMER— What did he say on reading the list? Witness—He said he had got a list of the gentlemen who were in the Tower Inn, and they would not go to the poll unless peace and quietness were restored to the town. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER objected to the answer being received. If -what the Sheriff said had reference to the contents of the document, the best evidence whin could be produced of those contents wa3 the paper itself. Mr. MESSMER said, from the terms of the answer given by the wit ness, it was clear that the Sheriff was not reading from the paper at the time, and that therefore what he said was perfectly admissible. The CHAIRMAN said, that if it were intended by the question to ob tain evidence of the contents of the document, the Committee could not receive it. Mr. HALL said, that he did not think the question went to that ex tent It appeared to him that it merely went to prove the statement of the Sheriff of what had been represented to him, which might or might not have reference to the contents of the document. The rcom was then cleared, but we understand the witness continued still under examination. On our re-admission, the Chairman announced that the Committee had decided that the evidence objected to was nDt admissible. Mr. Sergeant MERa%VETIIER then applied to the Committee to have the evidence taken subsequently to the answer which had been objected to, expunged from the short-hand writer's notes. Mr. THESSIGEU urged that it was perfectly competent for any member of the Committee to put such questions to the witness as he thought proper, and that there was no precedent for striking the answers out. The Committee again ordered strangers to withdraw ; and after a few minutes' deliberation, the Chairman stated that they had decided upon purging the evidence. The examination of the witness was then proceeded with. He stated that the Sheriff spoke of closing the poll both before and after he had received the list of names. Witness then proceeded towards the Tower Inn ; encountered the mob on his way and was struck down. On going into the polling-booth he saw a person named Thomas Cairns. He voted for Mr. Scott, immediately after which he attempted to leave the booth, but was driven back by the mob, and he re-entered it cut and bleeding. There were no constables, that he could see, to protect him. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant AIEREWETHEL—There was one way to the poll and another back. The way back was not inside the railings. Mr. Thomas Scott was the next witness produced. He stated that he was an elector of Roxburgh, and voted for Mr. Scott. He went to the town of Hawick on the first day of polling, accompanied by his bro_ Cher and a person named Brown, who was not an elector. On going towards the Tower Inn, heard a boy call out " Tory, Tory, Tory."—_. (Laughter.) Saw a crowd approaching, who appeared bent on doin g him and his brother mischief. Got, however, safely into the Tower Inn, and succeeded in polling. On leaving the booth after polling he was assaulted by the mob. There were no constables there to interfere or protect him. His clothes were all torn. He was carried by force to the Mill Wynd, where these was a sort of precipice, down which he was pushed into the river. Received also a blow on the back of the head. The water happened to . be shallow, and he succeeded in wad ing to the sand bank, on which he remained for some time until some person came to his assistance. They took him out the same way by which he was pushed in. The mob endeavoured to pull him away from Mr. Purdon, one of the gentlemen who had rescued him. Remained in Mr. Purdon's house until eleven o'clock at night. Experienced while there the effects of the blow which he bad received on the back of the head, and also a severe hurt on one of his legs. Was pre vented leaving Mr. Purdon's by the treatment he saw Mr. Turnbull and other gentlemen get. The witness was still under examination when our reporter left. IPSWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) The Tories yesterday, succeeded in striking off' one vote more than those which are mentioned in our Second Edition last evening —that of Mr. Conder. They were, therefore, this morning in a majority of two. The Liberals now proceeded in their objections to Mr. Kelly's votes, on the ground of change of residence. The first vote they objected to was that of Mr. Revell ; which the Committee decided was bad. They next objected to Mr. Day's vote ; which was also disallowed. This left Mr. Tuffnell and Mr. Kelly on an equality. -'" ' The liberal party then objected to Mr. William Howe's vote. Mr. TALBOT submitted that as there were two William Howes on the Registry, there ought to have been some description of their case objected to, in the list handed in to his (Mr. Talbot's) party, by which they would be enabled to identify him. Mr. AUSTIN, on the other side, contended that though there were two William Howes on the registry, :but one of them voted; and that the Act of Parliament not requiring in the lists handed in to the opposite party, that the parties objected to should be described further than by name—the objection being prefixed to it—it was sufficient if, as in this instance was the case, the parties were fully described on the regis. rer : the poll-clerks were only obliged to take down the names of the persons voting without any description whatever, and no more was required, by way of notice, in the Lists handed in to the other party. It was discovered that in fact, in this case, the name of Wm. Howe was accompanied in the List referred to by the number in the register. This of course did away with Mr. Talbot's objection. After one or two witnesses had been examined, in regard to the removal of Mr. Howe from the house which he occupied in the year before the election, The Committee decided that the vote had not been impugned. Mr. POLLOCK thought that the Committee ought, before deciding against a party to hear what they had to say in defence o Ithe vote disputed. The next vote objected to by Mr. Tunell's party was that of Mr. Hyrons, who had voted for Kelly and Mason. Mr. TALBOT wished to know upon which petition they were proceed ing—Mr. WAson's, or Mr. Kelly's ? Mr. AUSTIN said; both. Undoubtedly Mr. Tuna had a right to strike off - a vote of Mr. Kelly's, if he could. The Committee were of opinion that the vote might be disputed 11 Mr. Tuffnell's party. (To be concluded in a Second Edition.) PRELIMINARY ANTI-POOR LAW MEETING. This day a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern Lord STANHOPE in the Chair, for the purpose of arranging the preli minaries of a public meeting to petition Parliament for the repeal of the Poor.law Amendment Act. Th ere we re about fifty gentl emen , 1 ,, present, and the me e ti ng was a dd resse d a t con siderable le n g th by the Noble Chairma n , an d a l so by M r . Fi e ld e n, P. , Walter, the late M em b er f or B er k s hi re, L or d T e ignhamt Murphy, and sever a l other gentleman, who all concur red in denouncing the new P oor- l aw A ct, an d d epreca ti ng the co n ' duct and the p owers o f t h e Commissioners. A f ter a great deal of desultory conversat i on, resolutions were agree d to—first, That in endeavouri ng, b y : a ll l egal and constitutiona l m eans, to restore the rights o f th e l a b our i ng classes, the persons Present would form a Metropolitan Association, to procure the repeal of the New Poor-law." '2d. That a public meeting be convened to for ward this object, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Monday, the 19th instant, at eleven o'clock. 3d. That the Anti Poor Law Asso ciation should procure the attendance of one of its members from eac h county in the kingdom to give information to the said meeting;; lastly that these resol u ti ons b e a d vert i sed in the Times, Morn i ng Post, Morning Herald,Standard,Weekly Dispatch, True Sun, an d London Dispatch. and Lord STANHOPE then read the resolutions which had been agreed to at a meeting held in Manchester on the 6th instant, and submitted that they should be propo se d a t t h e meeting on the 19th, which was agre ed to ; and it was then re so l ve d th at petitions founded on them s h o uld be prepared, and also an Address to the Queen. Thanks having been voted amidst much applause, the meeting sePa rated. Preparations are makinp. in Clarence House, St. James's, for the reception of the Dowager Queen Adelaid e. The illustrious and am i a bl e lady is expected to arrive at th is residence about th e I st o f March, with her suite; but licr Ma jesty's residence here will only he temporary—that is, until Marlborough House is quite ready. THE SKINNERS COMPANY tf. THE [RISE! SOCIETY. This important cause, which has frequently been before the Court upon interlocutory applications and motions, came on this morning for hearing before the Master of the Rolls. The bill was filed by the Master and Wardens of the Skinners Company of the City of London, against the Corporation of the Irish Society, eleven great Companies of the City, and certain minor Compa nies who had a joint interest with them in the subject matter of • the suit. The City of London was also made a defendant, because in the City was now vested the interest which was originally in two of the other Companies. The Attorney-General was also made a defendant by a supplemental bill. The principal defendants, however, were the Corpo ration of the Irish Society. The subject matter of the suit related to certain property, called " Town Lands," in the city of Londonderry and town of Coleraino, and the profits of certain ferries and fisheries in the County of Londonderry, which property remained in the Irish Society at the time the rest of the property in the county of Londonderry, which was granted to twelve Companies of the city of London and minor Corn_ panies, was divided among those Companies, and the principal object of the bill was to ascertain, in respect of that property, the position in which the Irish Society stood towards those Companies. The prayer of the bill was that it might be declared the plaintiffs and the other Cont. panics who contributed to the expenses of the plantation at Ulster were beneficially entitled to the rents and profits of the fisheries and town lands subject to payments to the Governor of Culmore Castle, and the charges, if any, the same were subject to, an d th a t a n account might b e taken of the fisheries, ferries, and town lands that have been received by the defendants, the Irish Society, or any person on their behalf, or which without their neglect might have been so received. On the part of the plaintiffs, the Skinners' Company; it was contended that the Irish Society held these lands as trustees for the other Companies, that they were justified out of the income of that property to pay the specific charges upon it, which specific charges consisted of an annual sum to the Bishop of Derry, a sum which might be requisite for maintaining and supporting the fort of Culmore) the expenses, if any, which might be incidental to a superintending power which the Irish Society had over the bye-laws of the Corporation of Lon donderry, and any expenses they might be at in the discharge of their trust. The sum payable to the Bishop of Derry was 2501., and the sum for maintaining the fort of Culmore, 2001., but after those charges had been met, the plaintiffs contended there was no discretionary power whatever in the Corporation of the Irish Society, to apply any portion of the income of this property for public purposes or charitable purposes, or any purpose whatever; and that the Irish Society were bound to divide the surplus of the income which they received from this property among the Companies of the City of London for whom they were trustees, to account to them, and to exercise no controul over the expenditure of any part of the fund. On the part of the Irish Society it was contended, that as regarded the declaration of right sought to be claimed by the bill, the defendants had not contested the right of the Company to the surplus rents and profits of the hereditaments vested in the Society, subject to the charges to, which the same were expressly subjected by two charters of King James the First, and King Charles, and to the discretionary power vested in the defendants for the due exe cution of the charitable and public purposes provided for by those char ters, and the original articles and proposals on which such charters were founded ; but the defendants denied that, save as regarded such surplus only, they were trustees for the Companies or every one of them ; but they said they were in the first place trustees for the general public purposes provided by the charters and proposals. The effect of the rebellion which took place in the north of Ireland during the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth, generally known by the name of O'Neil's Rebeliion, was that the greater part of the lands in six of the counties of the north of Ireland became vested in the Crown by forfeiture. In th la rneeodteiserassirtsolahyn parttcsvested fi for the e est hraleezmi purpose Crown o sb f u K t sifshnhgfouuJll colonizing, co' o s i n; gr l bai i ote gterrdaw:',t,atposel granted punbrtgoi "planting," proposed a that acnsdr oc: the part P ce Ireland,oa u l l n ed otif , e t t sh h ;we e ei l lt r ra o e, t nd h s o vi of Ireland with Protestants. That proposal was n° c wt a cta r t: : ried into effect in the early part of the reign of King James I. Certain propositions were made by the King for the granting of lands in those succeeded ftd en a d v e very wholer y g considerableraonfsl osfr oms e ic. x og t u e nj n at tirn,e counties the eT e hn g : r rl e ta a hn t d e . greater I. were granted in the counties of Armagh, Tyrone, Coleraine, Donegal, Fermanagh, and Cavan. Five of those counties were planted by pri vate settlers and private undertakers, as they were called. The county in which the property is situate is now called the county of London derry, at that time the county of Coleraine. The object of the King in proposing the articles was to get English, and Scotch, or Irish of a par ticular description, to settle in those counties; they were to take the lands and to plant and settle themselvas there without being subject to any particular trust. Sir Wm. FOLLETT, who appeared for the plaintiff's, was proceeding with his opening when we left. Mr. KINDERSLE Y appeared for the Irish Society. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL and the RECORDER of LONDON for the City. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL on behalf of the Crown. Mr. PEMBERTON for five Companies of the City. Several gentlemen behind the bar appeared for the other Companies. Wheat. Barley. I fiats_, Beans. Pease. Per ,Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Blandfont -- 52 512 130 32 21 25 40 42 igg 54 55.1 23 24 18 26 134 44 30 32 Cambridge_ _ 57 _ :34 25 I 40 38 Chard --- 54 6. 21 20 16 '2O 33 40 32 24 Guntingdon-- 46 60 34 38 24 29 38 43 Long Sutton-- 28 38 16 20 SU 34 Louth is3 53 25 32 '2O t 5 32 42 ynn--. 52 63 22 31 16 20 30 32 32 24 Slewark 49 59 25 35 23 27 ,41 43 —• 32 Vottiughaisl .34 39 23 31 10 2EI 35 42 Peterborough 49 62 35 42 22 2 1 9 118 48 Plymouth .. 40 58 30 34 20 23 , Pontefract.-- 67 43 _ 27 43 ileaforil , 65 70 36 38 2'2 28 41 43 U pp; rlgharri 43 64 24 :30 13 28 32 44 Wishech 43 62 oo so 32 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Feb 6. WneAT, English, N , Vlite, per 701 b LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Feb 6. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ---.---- lied SeAct', Welch, and M a n x Irish, White g o 8 - 4 ---- Red. 7 6 7 19 :Intl Scotch, p er 4 51 b. s 3 9 3 ~ (3 3 2 -- Foreig l n vel,h, ... gnat ter Lf_rs, E lr n is g h l 2 9 210 Foreign ish 0 0 0 0 il , '32 0 35 U "LEY ' SEenogtchlsilla'nlldlalirtlis'lT,'lP);;6lollll:.. ----- Feeding 3 6 3 9 BEANS, English, per imperial quarter 42 0 45 6 Irish, Sze. 'T.3 g 37 9 _ _. ---- Feeding ['BASF., Englo,h, per I inper,al quarter 33 0 -. Foreign 37 0 FLollit, English, per :280Ib. --- Irish O ATMEA L, English and Irish, per •'inlb s :11 I ND IAN CORN, per 4401 . 0. ...„, 3ii 6 0 '"4l g 44 0 ...‘ Ii i i, A I T , , p e p r er l li m p t p , r , a , i l al quarter quarter IMPORT OF (TRAIN fir the Week coding Feb. 5. o.'h rat. 1 Oats. Barley. Flour. Oature.:l Q rs . Qv+. Qrs. Foreign, Brls. I Ir is h, &c. Sclr.s. 1 - 0 " s• 4,573 9, 6 61 61 ' 5 - I 10,509 12,397 A 3 N 3 0 40 0 4S 2 0 4+ 0 36 Ls 0 VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR, after disposing of several short causes and unopposed petitions, proceeded with the part heard cause of Attermore v. Williams," which had not concluded when we left. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning with actions upon bills of exchange, the facts of which were of no public importance. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived and pro ceeded for the river the Amazon, from Lunerick ; Hero, Smallwood, from Singapore : Naiad, Budd, from Terceira; Argus, Barclay, from the South Seas. A Deal boatman was drowned in attempting to board the Naiad. --- poRTSMOVTII, FEB. B.—Wind S.S.W. to W., fresh breezes, squally, with rain. No arrivals. Sailed the Sir F. Head, —, for Hull; Gates_ head Park, —, for Shields ; Mary Laing, Fair Arcadian, Hortensia, Ca. nadian, and several others, for London. MARGATE, FEB. S.—Arrived off port the Argus, Barclay, from the South Seas. Cowes, FEB. S.—Arrived the Majestic, Henckley, from New York. ILFRACOMBE, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Emilie, Turner, from New . fiAmdland. CLYDE, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Laurel, Paul, from Demerara. WATERFORD, FEC. (I.—Arrived the Kilkenny (steamer) London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind S. to S.S. W..—Arrived the Honfleuraise, Guinea, from Merans; Sultan, Barns, from Demerara ; Elizabeth, Dyer, from Limerick. Sailed the Montoeal, Lawsons, and Briton's Queen, for London. The Trois Amis, Arrol, from Bourdeaux to Havre, h a s put in here in a sinking st a t e, an d i s di sc h arg i ng h er cargo. FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind S.S.E. to S., fresh gales, with rain and thick weather. —Arrived the Fanny, Williams, from Waterford; Torre macha, Guillen, from Havannah ; Isabella, from Limerick; Georgiana, Williams, from Galway ; and Ramona steamer, King, from a cruise. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 8.--Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrived the In trepid, Stuart, from Demerara ; John Troughton, Jordan, from Charles town ; and Wolfsccre, from St. John's, New Brunswick. The Creole (a ship) i t telegraphed inward bound, off the Ormshead, but I think there is some mistake in the flags. CORK, 6.—Arrived the Con v i v i a l , Hampton, from Marseilles. jAmmeA , Dec. 16.—The Seahorse, Taylor, supposed 'from Manga nilla Dublin, was wrecked on one of the Anclose Keys previous to t he sth October. .The Helen WGregor, Gibson, f rom Androssan to l‘farseilles, having sprun g a leak, was run on shore at South List the 9.5 th ult. THE RE_BUILDING OF - ITIE ROYAL EXCHANGE. A conference was, we understand, held beween the Royal Ehange counse l, a pp oin ted by the C o rp orat i on, and the xeMercers' Company, on Tuesday last, at the Guildhall, on the subject of the measures necessary to be taken for re-building the Royal Exchange. Mercers' Company arrived the city division Before the ed the concurrence of the Mercer's Corn agreed, if the . y n , t g . joint-trustees of the Gresham estate, to rebuild " m y, the jol of I Exchange out the proeeeds of the estate, the RoYa, h ward to the rents, &c., of the splendid coffee houseslook looking which h n i ) e r might be built adjoining to the place of n meet • I a for the mercantile c ?mmunity i s lik e l y to compensate f or the outlay, which might be estimated at the suns of 150,000/. Compa The 111ercers ny, upon hearing the proposition, ' made objections to it. 11r. floasoriv PALMER sa id that, a l though the estimate might be correct, he had seen so much of the fallacy of esti mates that he suspected the sum of 300,0001. would come nearer to the mark, and lie therefore thought it would be im prudent in the Mercer's Company, as joint trustees, to incur the hazard of such a large expense. He thought too, that the present Royal Exchange, if properly repaired, would be adequate to the wants of commercial men. Mr. Alderman COI'ELAND did not think the site of the old Exchange sufficiently large. Sir MATTHEW WOOO approved of a large, splendid, and in every way commodious building. Mr. RICHARD LAMBERT JONES (the chairman of the London Bridge Committee) was decidedly of opinion that a noble building, such as the improved state of the city, and especially the immediate neighbourhood of the site, required, could be raised for the sum of 150,0001. Sir PETER LAURIE thought it would be advisable to raise an elegant, capacious, and convenient edifice, and to have it so constructed as not to obscure the elegant building of the Bank. He then suggested that a deputation from the Mer cer's Company and the Corporation should wait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject. After a good deal of conversation, it was agreed to adopt the suggestion. SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC.—We Are requested to state that Mr. Campbell Scarlett's " South America and the Pacific; comprising a Journey across the Pampas and the Andes, &c., with Plans and Statements for establishing Steam Navigation in the Pacific, in 2 vols., post Svo., with illustrati ons ," is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Gr eat Marlborough -street, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just issued the first Part, price 75. 6d. (to be completed in six Monthly Parts), of a new and cheaper edition, with considerable additions, of Mrs. Ja meson's Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles IL with an introductory View of the State of Female Society and its influence during that remarkable reign ; comprising a se ries of 21 splendid Portraits, engraved by the most distin uished artists, and forming a desirable companion to Lodge's Portraits. Tl THEs.—Resistance to this impost is rife in Wa fo!.d: the very name of that impost is associated in the popular mind with crime—with plunder—with b'o3d—with massacre —and sooner than contribute voluntarily to it they have proved their unalterable determination to undergo the severest trials —the bitterest torture—the loss not only of property but of very thing they most ardently cherish, The new Bill proposes that the Commissioners shall have authority " to unite such and so many townlands, as they may think fit, to be a union for the relief of the destitute poor." This beinw done, I should propose that every Union should be subdivided into districts of one or more townlands or quar ter-townlands, in accordance with the boundaries of the estates of the several landlords having property within the Union, de noting each subdivision by a name or number. In cases of very small estates (suppose less than a townland) a combination might be permitted ; and in case of very large estates, they might be subdivided into two or more districts. This ground work being laid, the principle of taxation could be arranged in the following manner : I would propose, ,first, that in every Union the expences of the relief given (whether internal or external) should be de frayed by two descriptions of taxation—one a general and equal tax over the whole Union—the other a tax upon each particular district formed as before provided. Secondly, that (as a general rule, but subject to the excep tions hereinafter stated) each particular district should be liable to the expences incurred for the relief of such poor persons who shall be deemed by the Guardians of the Union fit objects for That relief, and who shall bo resident occupiers of houses and lands within the district paying rent for the same (either by labour or money) at the time of, or (in case of ejection by the landlord) immediately previous to their com mencing to receive such relief. Englishmen would naturally suppose that such persons (landholders) would not require relief. .1 therefore feel it necessary to keep in their recollection the evidence detailed in my first letter ; and if they want a farther proof, let them re fer to the Irish Poor Enquiry, Appendix A, page 379 ; there they will find that landholders, having a cow or cows, are re duced to that condition, from want of food, " that they bleed the cattle, and eat the boiled blood, sometimes with meal, but oftener without it." Englishmen, is this a sufficient test of destitution? This general rule, I admit, would require exceptions or modifications ; for which purpose I should vest a discretion in the Guardians and Commissioners. For instance, in cases of settlements being produced within a district by the intro duction of manufacturing establishments, and distress arising from a discharge of hands, it might not be right that the par ticular district should be solely liable for such expences; also, in case of manufacturing towns within a union, it might not be right that these towns alone should be wholly subject to the expences of the relief. Therefore, I would propose that any district taxed exclusively for the poor withi❑ itself might me morial the Board of Guardians and Commissioners; and if cause can be shown to their satisfaction, such Board may have authority to transfer the whole or any portion of the expences to the general taxation of the Union. In this modified settlement, law, or regulation, I do not propose to exclude persons from relief in any Union who have not had a regular settlement, but who, having incidentally en tered it as servants or labourers, or artificers, to carry on in dustry or trade, may be found there as lodgers, and becoming destitute shall be considered fitting objects for relief; but I would propose that the expence of such relief should be charged on the general taxation of the Union. The taxation on particular districts I would limit to the relief given to actual householders or landholders of the district. In order to prevent the workhouse of any Union being loaded with the continued expenses of sustaining persons or families, who might be received therein, but who had pre viously residences in the district of any other Union which they had left, or had been ejected from by the landlords, a power should be given to the Board of Guardians to inquire into such eases, and to report the same to the Commissioners, who might thereupon issue an order that the expenses should be repaid out of the taxation of any other Union (or district in any other Union), justly liable, in their opinion, to the same ; whereupon the district or Union rendered liable might direct their removal to the workhouse of the said Union, the ex penses of such removal being paid by the Union liable to their support... ishould here remark that this separation of expenditure with reference to districts is on the same principle (and may be carried into effect in the same way) as the English Act pro vides with respect to parishes. The 26th clause says that each parish " shall be separately chargeable with and liable to defray the expenses of its own poor, whether relieved in or out of any such workhouse," but the English Act also makes provision for particular expenses out of a general fund. The second important point is with reference to the mode of reliqf The Bill makes no provision, gives no power (even to the Commissioners).in any case to order or permit relief, except to persons received within the walls of the workhouse. The modifi cation I would propose is this, that the Guardians and Commis missioners may have power at their discretion to administer relief outside the workhouse, to such poor persons, being resident householders within the district, as they may deem fit objects for that relief, in such manner as they may deem expedient; but that no relief shall be given otherwise than within the walls of the workhouse, (except casually in cases of emergency,) to any persons who arc not householders in some district of the Union. I shall now proceed to shew the use and operation of the Amendments I propose ; first, calling to recollection, that I have assumed (what I shall hereafter more fully explain), that the rating clause is so formed, that the whole tax shall be im posed upon the receiver of rent, (whether head landlord or middleman,) in all cases wherein the full value of the land (by estimation) is paid by the occupying tenant. I shall show the practical operation of my provisions, by a reference once more to the parish of Burrishoole. I take this district, because it may be considered a just sample of the highest degree of distress,—because it is distress chiefly among persons holding and paying rent for land—distress not pro duced by their own fault—but by constraining causes which they could not obviate—and from which they cannot now re lieve themselves by any e f forts of their own. It is distress which I know to be in existence from my own personal obser vation, on a visit to the district :—and if I can shew that the operation of the principles I propose, can relieve and remove poverty in this district, there can be no further question of their utility. I shall now suppose a Union formed, in which the parish of Burrishoole is included, and I shall suppose the Union divided into Districts, according to the boundaries of estates, (agreea bly to my proposition.) Under the circumstances of the let tinr, of land in this parish, the whole of the tax would be charge able not on the occupiers but on the tents either of the middle men or the landlords, agreeably to my assumed provision as to rating. I shall suppose that the first spring season after the Union was formed, the usual annual periodical state of destitution should commence in the districts of this parish. I shall sup pose that relief is claimed from the Guardians, and admitted to be necessary. Permit me next to suppose myself a Guardian, and to state the measures I should adopt or propose to be adopted. I should first order straw to be bought to make the miserable cottages water-tight ; I should buy the coarsest de scription of warm cloathing to cover the nakedness of the families, and to enable the men to go abroad to look for work, and the women and boys to perform such labour as they could upon their own lands ; also straw to furnish clean changes for the families to lie on, and rugs to cover them. These are the preliminaries, without which no effort could be made by the people themselves to serve themselves. I would thus put them in a condition 'for industry. If I should ascer tain that there was work for the able-bodied within their reach, either on public or private establishments, I would give no fur ther assistance to those who might obtain work. Let them then support themselves and their families by their industry. But if not, I would give rations of food for mere sustanance, till such tune as relief was supplied by the maturity of their own potato crop ; and with respect to landowners, to whom relief was supplied, it should be the duty of the overseers to ob serve, that if hired labour could not be had, the labour of those supplied with food was beneficially expended on their own lands, thus improving their means of subsistence for the en suing season. Suppose, then, this was the operation of the first season, what would be the result ? The landlords would immediately feel the effects of the taxation ; they would be brougbt to their senses; they would set themselves in good earnest to remedy the evils they had been creating for ages ; the rents would be fairly reduced ; the whole produce would be no longer swept away ; there would be no wholesale ejections. The means of exis tence would be left to the occupier, and the means of pur chasing stock (to those who had a sufficiency of land to keep any stock) would be supplied through the medium of employ ment ; for, let the important fact be kept in mind, that there are in this parish fifteen thousand acres of unreclaimed and unoccupied land, the most of which, without any large ex penditure of capital, but simply by the labour of the occupier, if he was permitted and encouraged, could be made imme diately productive. These lands, then, would be let on terms such as would encourage improvement, or else reclaimed by the landlords, and employment afforded in that way. The cotter who had not sufficient land to keep stock upon would be removed, and get lots elsewhere, or else be employed. Thus the landlords would be put upon their exertions by the feeling of self-interest (produced by the operation of taxation) to pro.note the public interests ; and, in doing so, they we:aid t,e led to the knowledge of what they seem now ignorant, that in promoting the interests of the community around them, they were no less advancing their Own. Create this responsi bility, and, in a very few Sears, such districts as the parish of 13urrishoole will be changed from wretched poverty and famine to comfort and prosperity—there will be no more bleeding qf rows in Mayo. But, if this responsibility be not created, every other means which may be taken to benefit the poor will have no other effect except that of transferring the public property, even if given as the reward of the poor man's in- CO URT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty honoured the performance of L'Elisir d' Amore at the Lyceum last evening, with her presence. Her Majesty arrived at the Theatre at twenty minutes past nine o'clock, ac companied by her august mother, and attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Durham, Hon. Miss Pitt, Miss Cavendish, Lord Lilford, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Colonel Buckley. Her Majesty gave audience yesterday to the Earl of Albe marle and Viscount Melbourne. The' State Portrait of her Majesty for the City of London, which Mr. George Hayter has been commanded to paint, was exhibited yesterday in Buckingham Palace in its finished state. Mr. Hayter had the honour of receiving the highest compli ments on his success. Mr. Baxter, the inventor of oil-colour printing, had the honour of attending at Buckingham Palace yesterday and on Wednesday, to complete the portrait of her Majetty in the Robes of State, for an historical subject connected with the opening of the first Parliament of her reign. The Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Au gusta of Cambridge, and a small party, at dinner yesterday at Gloucester House. A deputation from the City of London, consisting of Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., Sir James Duke, Mr. R. L. Jones, and the Master and Wardens of the Mercers' Compaq, and the City Remembrances, had a conference with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing-street, on the rebuild ing of the Royal Exchange. Count de Pollon, the Sardinian Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign -office. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat an hour and a half. Lord Charles Fitzroy had an interview with Viscount Mel. bourne yesterday, in Downing-street. Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Governor of Bermuda, had an in terview with Lord Gleneig yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches for the Governors of the North American Pro vinces were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. At the sitting of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun cil yesterday, the appeal Retemeyer v. Obermuller, from British Guiana, was resumed. Mr. Burge, Q. C., replied for the ap pellant. Judgment was not given. Dr. Lushington was heard on a motion on French claims. An appeal from the Cape of Good Hope, Van Rooyer v. Van der Reit, was opened by Dr. Lushington, followed by Mr. C. Buller. Their Lordships then adjourned. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord William Bentinck, at Vernon House, from Paris ; Baron Munchausen, at the Hanoverian Embassy in Grosvenor place ; the Dowager Countess of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, in Belgrave-square, from Mount Shannon ; the Earl of Clare, in ditto, from Grimsthorpe, Lord Willoughby's seat in Lincolnshire ; Sir John and Lady Shelley, in Bel grave-square, from the Marquis of Exeter's, Burleigh House- Lady Cole and Mis Cole, at Thomas's Hotel, from Berkshire; Mr. Hartopp, at ditto, from Exeter; Lord Dundas, in Arling ton-street, from Aske Hall, Yorkshire; Colonel Lowther, M. P., in Bruton-street, from Cottesmore ; Lord Clements, M.P., in Grosvenor-square; Mr_ J. H. Talbot, M.P., in Manchester-buildings, from Dublin ; Mr. Peyton, M. P., in in Grosvenor-place, from Swift's House, near Bicester; Sir- Adolphus Dalrymple, M. P., in Park-street, from Brighton ;; Mr. Lewis, M. P., from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Paulet Mildmay and family, in Edward-street, from Eastgate House, Winches ter, Hants ' • Sir William J. Br a b azon , B art . , M . P ., i n Duke street, St. James's, from Leamington. DEPARTURES. George Browne Holt, Esq., and Mrs. Holt, from the Green Park Hotel, Picadilly, for Yarm, Yorkshire. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FEB. 6.—This day, in a very full convocation, the University seal was affixed to a petition to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, praying that their Lordships will be pleased to give their sanction to a Bill having for its object to continue the Bishopric of Sodor and. Man, by repealing part of an Act of Parliament passed in the 7 Wm. IV. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 6.--At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred : MASTERS of ARTS—Rev. Robert William Dibdin, St. John's; Rev. William Dakins, Corpus Christi ; Rev. Joseph Foster, Emmanuel ; Robert Abercrombie Johnstone, Trinity.. HONORARY MASTERS OF At/Ts—Hon. Somerville Hay and Hon. Henry George Howard, Trinity ; John Henry Charles Knight, Queen's. BACHELORS OF ARTS—Lord Lyttleton, Trinity ; John Molesworth Butt, Corpus Christi ; John Watson, Sc. John's. At the same congregation on Wednesday, the following grace passed the Senate :—To dispense, in the case of Lord Lyttleton, of Trinity College, with the grace of March 8, 1822, which requires " That no degree of B. A. shall be granted, unless a certificate be presented to the Caput, show-. ing that the candidate for such degree has passed the pre/- vial's examination." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' B—YESTERDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4 to 1 laid on Grey Momus, not p.p. THE DERBY. The Nonplus colt, for the second time, obtained the lead, three hundred pounds having been laid out upon *him at 11 to, 1, and four hundred pounds at a point less ; at the close the offers were to bet 9 and take 10 to 1. Cobweb was backed for about two hundred pounds at 10 to 1 (offered at the finish). and Grey Momus was made responsible for four hundred in addition to the enormous sum already risked upon him. lon was backed but did not rise, and a solitar7 hundred was got on the Early Bird at 25 to 1. Neither Dash nor Monc Adam moved from the positions they occupied at the close of Mon day's betting, nor, in fact, was there amongst the outsiders beyond a slight improvement in Volunteer. Last odds :- 10 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt—taken freely 10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—tak. and afterva. offered 11 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Mornus—taken 13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville—offered 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken and afterwards offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's Young Rowton—offered 22 to I agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—take 25 to 25 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—offered 30 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Dash—offered 30 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Monc Adam—taken and. after wards offered 30 to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer—t. and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Smith's Cracker—offered 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Bretby—offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Quo Minus—offered 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Tranby's dam colt—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. I3owes's Brother to Aleppo—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. J. Day's brother to Muley Moloch—taken 1000 to 13 agst Mr. Sowerby's Caligula—offered TIIE OAKS. 14 to 1 agst Lord Berners' filly—taken and afterwards offered 14 to I agst Mr. Mostyn's Brown Duchess—takes and after wards offered The Duke of Wellington visited the Tom !r on Wednesday, and, accompanied by Colonel Anson, ex amined the arms and stores with great attention. roe utmost activity prevails in the ordnance department. The Earl of Aberdeen left Arg,l: 11 House. on Wed nesday, on a visit to the Dowager Cov : atess Cowper, at Pan sanger, Herts. Ilis Lordship retneraed to town yesterday. It is rumoured that the Noble Lora will, in the course of the present year, be united to a w:dow of excellent rank in the north, whose estates are in the, vinity of his Lordship's. Murphy's " Weather Almanac," which is snaking such a noise, has been copied by some of those respectable per sons that live or, the industry of others, and this pirated edition, with all the essential details, may now be had in the street for one penny. This certainly is an outrageous infringement of copyright, but even with the amended law it may be difficult to reach the low disreputable persons who print such publica tions. The printing is carried' on in secret by some one nearly as poor probably as the wretched creatures that sell them in the stieets, who cares as little a's:they:about imprisonment, and. who has no property on which, to levy a fine. A more mode rate price might have prevented the public from giving encou ragement to these offenders. Enormous profits on books, or patent articles, lead as certainly to such practices as enormous duties lead to smuggling. CHURCIT-RATEs.--On Wednesday last a distraint was made on the Rev. T. Shakespeare, Pastor of the Baptist. Chapel at Hillslev, Gloucestershire, for a Church .rate, amounting to ow adling ; and three mahogany chairs, a, gun , • am/ other articles were seized under it. 2Jr. S. IN as app muted. to site Ministry at I-Tinsley in 1825. At that time a colas id 2 r-. able debt was due on the Chapel propeny, towards the . charge of which he has contributed 200/_ out of a slips nd eif 601., though he has a numerous and young family. This , sacrifice for the cause of religion he has cheerfully mad, e , and_ has not hesitated to • suffer " the despoiling of his g oodsr rather than pay Is. in support of a Cysts:at of injustice a ttd in tolerance.